Unavailable but admissible

SCOTUS overturns 2009 MSC decision involving Confrontation Clause

A shooting victim's statements to police identifying his attacker were non-testimonial and admissible under the Confrontation Clause because the primary purpose of the police's questioning was to deal with an ongoing emergency, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
The victim died of gunshot wounds shortly after police questioned him at the scene.
The decision will require courts to ...